draft
noun
a drawing, sketch, or design.
had drafted
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past perfectof draft.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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A now-removed blog post written by one civil servant about their placements showed a secondee describing how they had drafted copy for the news website.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Six months before the novel’s publication, Erskine had drafted the author bio for the book jacket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The 57-year-old was visibly emotional as he described urging the eight detainees to have courage, in a text he had drafted for their lawyers the previous day.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Sen. Lyman Trumbull, who had drafted the 13th Amendment two years earlier, answered tartly: “Undoubtedly.”
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2025
Govan, who had drafted the document with Joe Slovo, insisted that it had been agreed upon and felt that it was wrong for us to argue in court that it was still under discussion.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
